February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 27
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February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 10 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Tarasius of Constantinople, Patriarch...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 27
February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 28-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 12 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Procopius of Decapolis, the Confessor...
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- Sunday of the Last JudgmentLast JudgmentThe Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, or The Day of the Lord in Christian theology, is the final and eternal judgment by God of every nation. The concept is found in all the Canonical gospels, particularly the Gospel of Matthew. It will purportedly take place after the...
(see Paschal cyclePaschal cycleThe Paschal cycle in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, is the cycle of the moveable feasts built around Pascha . The cycle consists of approximately ten weeks before and seven weeks after Pascha. The ten weeks before Pascha are known as the period of the Triodion...
) - Meat-Fare Sunday (the last day meat is to be eaten before PaschaEasterEaster is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
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Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 11 (March 10) by Old CalendaristsOld calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...
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Saints
- SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
Porphyrius of Gaza, bishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
(421421Year 421 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Agricola and Eustathius...
) - Saint Sebastian, monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
of Poshekhonye - Saint John Calphas ("the Apprentice") at ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
(1575) - Saint Photina, the SamaritanSamariaSamaria, or the Shomron is a term used for a mountainous region roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank.- Etymology :...
woman in the GospelGospelA gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...
story, along with her sisters Anatola, Phota, Parasceva, and Cyriaca; her sons Photinus and Joses; and the martyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Victor, Sebastian the Duke, Christodulos, and Theoclitas (6666Year 66 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Telesinus and Paullinus...
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